linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/28] Remove PICOXCELL

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Message-ID: <1391977683.25855.27.camel@x220>
Date:	Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:28:03 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/28] Remove PICOXCELL_PC3X3

On Sun, 2014-02-09 at 19:47 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> The symbol is an orphan, get rid of it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> ---
>  drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> index 2f2b084..eab6056 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_NOMADIK
>  
>  config HW_RANDOM_PICOXCELL
>  	tristate "Picochip picoXcell true random number generator support"
> -	depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_PICOXCELL && PICOXCELL_PC3X3
> +	depends on HW_RANDOM && ARCH_PICOXCELL
>  	---help---
>  	  This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
>  	  Generator hardware found on Picochip PC3x3 and later devices.

So that random number generator is now unbuildable. For the record: this
was already an issue in May 2013:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2013-May/168283.html . Perhaps the picoxcell-rng could be removed (an merged again if PICOXCELL_PC3X3 gets added).


Paul Bolle

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